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2003 – Patrick Ball
Citation
For his leadership in the creation of open source
software, Analyzer and Martus, that enables human rights groups to securely
collect, safeguard, organize, disseminate, and conduct statistical analysis
of human rights abuses. Martus and Analyzer have been used by NGO's in
Afghanistan, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Ghana, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and
the United States. Dr. Ball demonstrates a vision of technology used in the
service of humanity.
Press Release
Full Citation
Dr. Patrick Ball has committed himself to the use of information management techniques and advanced statistical analysis in the identification, documentation and interpretation of human rights violations worldwide. For over a decade, Dr. Ball and his team have supported numerous large-scale human rights projects by providing assistance in such technical areas as networking, security, data backup, database construction, data collection and classification systems and statistical analysis.
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